Luc Hatlestad

Editor-at-Large

Luc Hatlestad writes and edits features, shorter articles, and narrative service packages for 5280 magazine and its website, with a particular focus on business, sports, politics, music, culture, opinion columns, and all things marijuana. In 2014, his package of stories on the legalization of marijuana in Colorado, "Going Green," won the City and Regional Magazine Association award for Reader Service. He was a staffer at the original Red Herring magazine in numerous positions and was the publication's first East Coast editor. His writing has appeared in Men’s Journal, Men’s Health, Premiere, San Francisco, Business 2.0, Salon, Mountain, Los Angeles, and the American Journalism Review. Hatlestad also has extensive experience as a writer and editor for technology and business trade periodicals, where he won two awards for feature writing from the American Society for Business Publication Editors. Hatlestad has a BA in anthropology from Grinnell College and an MS from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

On the evening of November 18, about 60 people met in the Writing Center at Manual High School to ponder the fate of a nation. “Stand Together, Break the Silence” was a gathering of students, educators, and friends who’d spent the previous 10 days digesting the surprising results of the...

Rant: Bad Colorado Drivers
This week, the insurance comparison site QuoteWizard confirmed what we've long suspected: Coloradans are pretty lousy drivers. Just in time for the holiday travel season, the company compiled statistics for accidents, DUIs, speeding tickets, and road fatalities and...

If the tumult of 2016 has accomplished anything, it’s underlined how crucial it is for those of us who "have" to find ways to elevate those around us who need a little help. With that in mind, here are some ways you can make sure your holiday giving has impact.
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One of the hottest topics in local news for the past several years has been how quickly the Denver metro area population is growing, and what we're doing to prepare for it. But while plenty of people are moving to this area, it turns out a significant number are leaving, too.
This week, the...

With the marijuana industry booming in Colorado and elsewhere, the sector is squarely in its, uh, growth phase. The question for employers now becomes how best to, well, weed out the best applicants.
That’s where Karson Humiston comes in. The 24-year-old recently landed in Denver from upstate...

Outside Magazine has confirmed what longtime Coloradans have known and celebrated for years: If you want a work-life balance, come to the Centennial State.
The venerable outdoor lifestyle publication has released its annual list of the 100 Best Places to Work, and Colorado is home to a stunning...

The results are in on Initiative 300, and Denver voters have passed the measure that will allow some form of public marijuana consumption within city limits. Now we just have to figure out what that will look like.
Initiative 300 passed with about 53 percent in favor, though the...

When you work in media, it can be tough to figure out whether the stories you write really matter to anyone. Thanks to the rise of social media and online comments sections, you usually know instantly if something you’ve produced has angered someone, and we just finished a political campaign in...

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Johnson & Wales students, all baking and pastry arts majors, competed in the Gingerbread Takeover from December 6–8. Final judging took place on Thursday in the lobby of the Sheraton Downtown Denver hotel. All photos by Sarah Boyum

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The American Society of Interior Designers' (ASID) Colorado Chapter decorated the Governor's Residence for the holidays. Holiday tours, free and open to the public, will take place December 8-11 and December 15-18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All photos by Sarah Boyum